DC> Perhaps all those countries (and likely more) *contributed* to the
DC> US space programs, but it was the *US* that had the programs.  It
DC> was the US who actually *DID* put men on the moon.
 
Correct. But it was more of a joint-effort headed by a person who should have
been tried at Nuremberg and hung. The US especially had the financial resources
... and a speech by Kennedy. It was a time of hope ... If a president were to
make a similar statement now, it will be forgotten tomorrow.
 
DC> And we'll be the ones who do it again, sooner than you think.
 
Doubtful, there are other priorities.
 
Think hard ... why hasn't there been anyone else on the Moon since Apollo? It's
been like 48 years now ... there must be a reason. Think hard.
 
Perhaps because Apollo cost 25 billion US$ back then, now about 115 for limited
additional space knowledge and a bag of rocks. All other gains did not need a
flight to the Moon.
 
A Moon-shot, like Apollo, is now unthinkable. If it happens, it will be
different, take 15 years to build-up and there's nothing in the already
over-inflated US budget.
 
The ISS is way more usefull, but when it comes to the end of its term, also
that is doubtful.
 
 \%/@rd

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